Border for flower-beds



(No Model.)

B. P. JOHNSON. BORDER FOR FLOWER BEDS.

Patented June 21, 1898.

rrnn TATES BORDER FOR FLOWER-BEDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 606,151, dated June 21,1898.

Application filed October 2,1897. Serial No. 653,884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EVENTINE F. JOHNSON, of Nicholson, in the county oflVyoming and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Borders for Flower-Beds and I do hereby'declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to borders for flowerbeds and other purposes; andit consists, essentially, of a metallic device having depending flangesat opposite edges adapted to be driven in the ground and a swell orenlargement near the inner edge to form a coping or guard around theflower-bed, the outer surface of the border being flat and adapted tolie on a level with an adjacent lawn, and not only serve as a walk, butalso assist the operation of a lawn-mower in cutting grass at the outeredge of and on a level with the said walk.

The invention further consists of the details of construction andarrangement of the several parts, which will be more fully hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

The object of the invention is to provide an ornamental border whichwill not only serve as a means of ornamentation, but also the usefulpurpose of protection for flower-beds or around lots in cemeteries orgraves, it being cheaply manufactured and easily and readily applied inproper position.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view showing theimproved border applied around a central plat. Fig. 2 is a transversevertical section on an enlarged scale.

Referring to the. drawings, wherein similar numerals of reference areemployed to indicate corresponding parts in the views, the numeral 1designates a flat or horizontal plate having a flange 2 at the outeredge, which is tapered at the lower edge to form a penetrating edge 3.The flat or horizontal plate 1 may be made in any width desired. Nearits inner edge the said platehas an upward swell or enlargement 4, andits margin 5 forms the upper portion of a second depending flange 6,which is also tapered to a lower penetrating edge 7. It will be observedthat the outer faces of the flanges 2 and 6 are vertical, while theinner faces are obliquely arranged toward the lower penetrating edges 3and 7 in order to permit the said flanges to be driven straight downwardadjacent to the flower-bed or other plat, around which the inner flange6 may extend, and also to have the flange 2 in like manner descendVertically at its outer portion adjacent to the grass plat or lawnsituated next thereto.

The form of the border, as shown in the accompanying drawings, istrifoliate; but it will be understood that this contour may be varied,and in the construction of the device as an entirety it is preferablethat it be made of cast-iron or white bronze and painted or otherwiseornamented to produce a pleasing appearance.

There are many uses to which the device can be applied other than thoseenumerated,

.and it is obviously apparent that many minor changes in the details ofconstruction and arrangement of the several parts might be made andsubstituted Without in the least departing from the nature or spirit ofthe invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new ,is-

1. A border of the character set forth comprising inner and outerflanges, a flat or horizontal plate, and an inner swell or enlargement,substantially as described.

2. A border of the character set forth comprising inner and outerflanges having lower penetrating edges and a flat or horizontal plate,and an inner swell or enlargement, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

. EVENTINE F. J OI'INSON.

Witnesses:

M. D. Bnnnows, H. M. CURE.

